Neotrance and the Psychedelic Festival
This article explores the religio-spiritual characteristics of psytrance (psychedelic trance), attending specifically to the characteristics of what I call <em>neotrance</em> apparent within the contemporary trance event, the countercultural inheritance of the “tribal” psytrance festival...
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University of Huddersfield, Department of Music
2009-09-01
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| description | This article explores the religio-spiritual characteristics of psytrance (psychedelic trance), attending specifically to the characteristics of what I call <em>neotrance</em> apparent within the contemporary trance event, the countercultural inheritance of the “tribal” psytrance festival, and the dramatizing of participants’ “ultimate concerns” within the festival framework. An exploration of the psychedelic festival offers insights on <em>ecstatic</em> (self-transcendent), <em>performative</em> (self-expressive) and <em>reflexive</em> (conscious alternative) trajectories within psytrance music culture. I address this dynamic with reference to Portugal’s Boom Festival. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-60d5e4995e45476b8ac39a1817ba292b2023-01-02T06:49:48ZengUniversity of Huddersfield, Department of MusicDancecult: Journal of Electronic Dance Music Culture1947-54032009-09-0111206Neotrance and the Psychedelic FestivalGraham St John0University of Regina, CanadaThis article explores the religio-spiritual characteristics of psytrance (psychedelic trance), attending specifically to the characteristics of what I call <em>neotrance</em> apparent within the contemporary trance event, the countercultural inheritance of the “tribal” psytrance festival, and the dramatizing of participants’ “ultimate concerns” within the festival framework. An exploration of the psychedelic festival offers insights on <em>ecstatic</em> (self-transcendent), <em>performative</em> (self-expressive) and <em>reflexive</em> (conscious alternative) trajectories within psytrance music culture. I address this dynamic with reference to Portugal’s Boom Festival.https://dj.dancecult.net/index.php/dancecult/article/view/270psytranceneotrancepsychedelic festivaltrance statesreligionnew spiritualityliminalityneotribe |
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| title | Neotrance and the Psychedelic Festival |
| title_full | Neotrance and the Psychedelic Festival |
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| topic | psytrance neotrance psychedelic festival trance states religion new spirituality liminality neotribe |
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